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Publication details [#66859]

Nikitina, Larisa and Fumitaka Furuoka. 2019. Language learners’ mental images of Korea: insights for the teaching of culture in the language classroom. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 40 (9) : 774–786.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
foreign language acquisition | image | language and culture | mental construct | student | university
Place, Publisher
Routledge
Journal WWW
www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This inquiry examines mental images of Korea held by students learning Korean in a major public university in Malaysia. The images were overwhelmingly positive, but disclosed the need for a deeper knowledge of the target culture.